WhatsApp “will be restored soon” says Microsoft

It has now been three days since the most popular messaging app in the world disappeared from the Windows Phone Store.

Since then we have not had an update from WhatsApp beyond the statement, which they re-iterated to us once again today, saying:

Unfortunately due to technical issues, we have chosen to un-publish WhatsApp Messenger on the Windows Phone platform. We are working closely with Microsoft to resolve the issues and hope to return to the store shortly. We apologize to our users for the temporary inconvenience.

We therefore turned to Microsoft, who was not much more forthcoming, but was somewhat more reassuring.

They said:The WhatsApp app has been temporarily removed from the Windows Phone store and will be restored soon. We are in the process of working with WhatsApp to resolve the issue. Thank you for your patience.